🚢 Illinois and Michigan Canal

United States · Americas · 41.57°N, 88.07°W

The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles (154 km) from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago, to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. Opened in 1848, the canal crossed the Chicago Portage and helped establish Chicago as the transportation hub of the United States, before the railroad era.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	41.57°N, 88.07°W · view on map

Illinois and Michigan Canal is located in United States, in Americas.

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